Fan Casting Raven Hightower in Dungeons & Dragons: The Hand of Chaos

A cynical, dark-eyed rogue in his 30s, Hightower is a charming scoundrel with a traumatic past. Sold into slavery in the Underdark as a child and branded as the personal "pet" of the sadistic Drow prince Razer Vandree, he clawed his way to freedom and now lives by his wits as a treasure hunter and thief. Haunted by the death of his sister and driven by a desperate desire for the wealth he believes will finally make him the master of his own fate, Hightower is a wisecracking survivalist who keeps the world at arm's length with a ready quip. When a routine heist uncovers a map to the Eye of Vecna, he is forced onto a collision course with his deepest trauma and an impossible destiny as the unwilling champion of the legendary vampire Kas the Bloody-Handed. His arc is a journey from selfish cynicism to reluctant, self-sacrificing heroism.